National Affairs: Up Garner

In organizing the Senate the Administration might have had trouble
this year for in the new Senate "moderate" (economy-minded) Democrats
outnumber New Dealers. For this reason Mississippi's Pat Harrison might
have ousted Kentucky's Barkley, the Majority Leader who beat him out
by one vote in 1937 with Franklin Roosevelt's aid. Instead, Senator
Harrison chose last week not to run for Leader this year: he did not
want the job of spokesman for the Administration. "Dear Alben" was
re-elected by acclamation and Illinois' elegant, whiskery old James
Hamilton ("J. Ham") Lewis was persuaded to...